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World Vegan Day, the First of November, is just one week away. Need a simple resource for World Vegan Month outreach in November—or any time? Vegan 101 is a free slideshow you can use. It includes 100% evergreen material suitable for general audiences. An extra slide provides notes for presenters. Everyone is welcome to share comments and suggestions in the comment field under the slide deck.

Enjoy this resource. And let me know if you have any issues opening the PowerPoint file. The file extension is .pptx; that can be changed to an earlier version if improves accessibility.

Friends, I’m on a mission to bring the animal liberation message to empathetic people. People who know we need a deeper transformation than competitive politics can reach. People for whom “being the change” is not some feel-good cliché.

And if you’re in the position to support this work and wish to do so, this month is a great time to step in. Tomorrow, Sunday 16 September, a special offer opens for people who become patrons of the Studio for the Art of Animal Liberation on Patreon. And it will be very special for me too, because patrons inspire the flow and the content of my work.

Join as a Muse (that is, at a $15 or higher monthly level of support) this month, and your name will be in the credits of a new slideshow: Vegan 101. (Become a patron at any level to help inspire and support this work and the work to come.) This slideshow, the first in a planned series, will be freely available so any person may present it at a library or lunch or book club – or to mark World Vegan Month 2018 this November. It will be a bright, concise vegan explainer that focuses on veganism as it set out to be….

A movement.

A challenge to transcend our dominator mentality.

A call to understand what respectful co-existence with nonhuman life on our planet really takes.

If you sense the power of radical empathy to redefine ourselves as human, this slideshow project needs your presence.

Summer season’s greetings to all! I’m counting down the days to the North American Vegetarian Society’s annual Summerfest, happening Wednesday-Sunday 5-9 July at the University of Pittsburgh – Johnstown campus. This is the closest thing to a “vacation” I do all year. And it’s soul-refreshing to be around vegans who have become supportive and dear friends over the years.

The full timetable with all of the session descriptions is now available. Below are my three sessions. Should thoughts come to your mind on these topics. . . Please do share what comes to you.

The first one I’m ethically compelled to present: the diet-climate link. The second will be something I’ve never presented before, on an issue most of us face daily. The third brings to Summerfest something we don’t consider nearly enough in the vegan community: Veganism Defined. The brief, beautiful piece from 1951 is prescient, urgently relevant. Its call to stop thwarting evolution couldn’t be more vital, in light of stuff like the Trump administration’s removal of Endangered Species Act protection from the Yellowstone grizzlies, allowing people to stalk and kill them.

Yours for Liberation,

Lee.

If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get (Animal Products) Out of the Kitchen

THURSDAY 6 JULY, 10.00 AM

Campus Room

Why do experts disagree on the proportion of climate impact from animal farming? Are any governments or international bodies taking action on meat and dairy, given its climate impact? Do our personal dietary commitments having any significant impact? As an environmental law specialist, I’ll offer an up-to-date analysis, and talk about what our community can do.

I’m Vegan. My Job Is Not. How Do I Reconcile This?

FRIDAY 7 JULY, 10.00 AM

Campus Room

In a perfect world we could all have vegan careers. In this world, so few of us do. How do we cope with the day-to-day reality? Are there any silver linings in this reality (or any drawbacks to working in vegan environments)? Can a vegan employment sector be stimulated? This will be a brief presentation followed by interactive discussion.

Vegan Dot Connecting – Why It’s So Much More Than a Diet

SATURDAY 8 JULY, 2.00 PM

University Room

Defining “vegan” through the Vegetarian World Forum in Spring 1951, the Vegan Society in England declared that through the vegan commitment “A great and historic wrong, whose effect upon the course of evolution must have been stupendous, would be righted.” I’ll facilitate a discussion of the broad and deep view of what veganism stands for.

An eco-friendly tip for those attending Summerfest: Amtrak’s “Pennsylvanian” route goes to Johnstown, PA, and there’s a free, student-driven van service to and from the University of Pittsburgh campus. Please travel by train when you can.